St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-02
ORDERED TO LEAVE.
The Gambling House of Chin d Nor
gan CLOSED Up
And It's Proprietors Ordered to Leave
Minneapolis.

The efforts of Chin & Morgan to estab-
lish gambling house in Minneapolis
within the past week have attracted con-
siderable attention among the people of
sporting proclivities. The policy Of the
municipal administration has been to con-
fine gambling to limited number of estab-
lishments. that have been allowed to run
under police surveillance, the small fry
places at which brace games were oper-
ated with the aid of cappers be-
to suppress gambling have simply re-
suited in shutting up the square,
houses, at which people were given some
show for their money. while the skin games
fiourished under lock and key. The
alternative of allowing few places
properly conducted, from which no COM
plants were heard, seems to have been
chosen by the mayor Chin &
Morgan, who hail from Louis
vile, announced their intention of
starting house in Minneapolis some three
weeks ago. A location over the Jumbo
saloon on Washington avenue south was
chosen and rooms fitted up. Tuesday
night of last week full equipment of
poker and faro tables, roulette wheels, etc.,
was moved up from ST. Paul. Notice was
served at once by the police authorities that
the firm would not be allowed to do busi-
ness. Chinn & Morgan.then made
OVERTURES TO LOCAL GAMBLERS,
supposing that with their consent every
thing would be all right. 1t is understood
that an offer to divide 20 per cent. of the
earnings OF the house bea.seen tie propre-
tore of the other houses was made. This
arrangement would have probably satisfied
all concerned, but the local gamblers found
out that they could not control the
authorities and that another house
would not be tolerated. Chinn Se Morgan
next changed their tactics and tried to in
huence the mayor through his personal
friends. This method failed also. The
next step has been to threaten that the
house would be opened, come what might,
coupled with a broad insinuation to
the effect that trouble for the other
houses would ensue, and certain
damaging disclosures would be made. The
police, acting under instructions from the
mayor, gave notice that as soon as the doors
were open to the public the place would be
raided and the prOprietorS arrested. This
has had the effect of postponing the open
ing until last night, when is was announced
that the event was to take place
without fail. Shortly before midnight Col.
Hill. the chief of police. appeared and
there was lively scattering of the room full
of men who had assembled to be present at
the bibulouS dedication that the resort was
to receive. No games were found to be in
operation and no arrests were made.
ORDERS WE'RE GIVEN
by the police, however, to put out the light
and lock the doors, which were obeyed.
Notice was also served that the furniture
must be removed. and that the people con-
nected with the establishment must leave
the city. This probably ends the career of
Chin & Morgan in Minneapolis.
ate on large scale and had
imported quite an army of Cincinnati and
Louisville gamblers to work for them. A
sensational aspect has been given to the
affair by the report that Col. Glenn and Al.
Schafer had championed the cause Of Chin
& Morgan, and had denounced the mayor
on the streets in unmeasured terms for
his action. Certain rabid and indiscreet
remarks made by Glenn Monday night seem
TO constitute what foundation there is for
the rumor of falling out between himself
and the mayor. Mayor Ames, when asked
as to this last night. said he knew of no
cause tor any misunderstanding or any i'll
feeling. While he admitted he had heard
of Col. Glenn's utterances concerning him
self. he thought they were made while
the colonel was engaged in the
occupation of painting the town and had
not given them any serious thought. AS for
the gambling house, it meant that it should
go. He did not propose that there should
be any more such establishments in the
city than at present especially in locality
resorted to by working people. Another
thing, that no one should presume upon his
friendship to influence his official acts.